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Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity International, Washington, DC. – 1981
This guide provides assistance to the lawyer who has volunteered to help a law-related education project by soliciting supplementary funds from local business, civic, or other sources. Specifically, the guide offers guidance in identifying and approaching potential donors, preparing the request for funds, and organizing supporting data and…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Services, Community Support, Donors
Weinberg, Mark L. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1987
Business incubators can help fledgling firms get off the ground by providing business services and rental space, at below-market costs, for a business's first few years. The payoff for the community is more jobs. Concentrated until recently in urban areas, incubators are now succeeding in rural areas too. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Community Support, Entrepreneurship, Financial Support
BCEL Bulletin, 1989
This guide is intended to help local, state, and national literacy program staff in their attempts to develop corporate funding for their activities. Part I discusses the role of direct corporate giving in the national philanthropic context, as well as patterns and forms of corporate giving. Part II gives guidelines on how to prepare for and…
Descriptors: Community Support, Corporate Support, Donors, Educational Finance
Venner, David G.; Cotton, Sally – 1986
Of potential interest to small towns in rural areas, this report describes England's first attempt at applying to a rural area the concept of a multi-agency information and advice center based on a library. The comprehensive review covers all phases of the project: (1) identification of a community's information and advice needs; (2) consultation…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Attitudes, Community Characteristics, Community Information Services
Carney, Juanita; Chrispeels, Janet – 1984
Using the school-community council as a vehicle, this manual leads school staffs, parents, community representatives, and school council members step-by-step through suggested tasks to strengthen schools and to help restore confidence in the public school system. Chapter 1, "Schools and Communities Working Together: A Rationale," defines…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Cooperation, Community Education, Community Involvement
Andrews, Duane D.; Linden, Rhonda R. – 1984
On a budget of $28,000, Child Protection, Inc. has a paid staff of an executive director, 4 foster grandparents, and 3 VISTA volunteers. But with the help of 157 volunteer servide providers, the organization is able to deliver 828 units of service monthly to rural Western Kentucky. The success of the volunteer program is based on recruiting from…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
Davies, Gordon K. – 1997
This report on Virginia higher education briefly reviews the impact of economic recession, slashed budgets, increased tuition, and increasing politicization upon the state's higher education system, and then looks ahead to issues critical to the higher education's future in the state. The report proposes action in three areas: (1) adequate funding…
Descriptors: Community Support, Educational Economics, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
California Roundtable, San Francisco. – 1984
This catalog contains more than 600 abstracts of model programs in California designed to help business, education, and community groups establish or expand partnerships in support of local education. An executive summary precedes the abstracts. The program abstracts are divided into 21 sections corresponding to specific forms of involvement.…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Basic Skills, Business, Business Education